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VOL 35 NO 22
MAY 28 – JUNE 3, 2016
By Tiffany Ran NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY With the fast changing landscape of King County, one of the first questions Adam Porter and the staff at the local Meals on Wheels thought to ask local community organizations was, “How can our program be more relevant to the people you serve?” From organizations like the Asian Counseling and Referral Service (ACRS) and Seattle Chinatown International District Preservation and Development Association (SCIDpda), the answer they got was: rice. For starters, Meals and Wheels should offer a side of rice with
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Meals on Wheels van. (Photo provided by Sound Generations)
Is cannabidiol the next miracle drug? DeepCell’s Ogilvie is banking on it By Chris Kenji Beer NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY An industry or business sector as removed from the public eye as any is the technology innovation achieved through biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical research. Yet so much of our health depends on it, and so much controversy derives from companies like Monsanto and Pfizer and medicinal chemicals found in cannabis. Even more remote are companies that do the scientific research and develop the technology that facilitates the product extraction and licenses out the
enabling technology. When we speak of technology in these fields, let’s call it bio-medical technology collectively. It’s not easily visible hardware or tangible software code, but often occurs at the microscopic level. These companies achieve a unique ability to sparse out and separate chemical elements from a plant or other natural resources beyond what the eye can see. This is where Kelly Ogilvie’s professional life resides. He finds innovative ways to bridge the gap between raw materials, often possessing see OGILVIE on 15
GLOBAL FACE OF MAYBELLINE IS ASIAN I-Hua Wu shares what it means to be beautiful » see 7
MAKING SWEET MUSIC Friendship concert featuring two countries and one universal language. » see 8
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Fork It: Seattle founders serve up new cooking app By Nina Huang NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY
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Growing up eating frozen foods from Costco and Flamin’ Hot Cheetos wasn’t the lifestyle Ryan Waliany and his wife Serena Wu wanted to continue. So they decided they wanted to put their tech experience to use by creating an app that would encourage healthier eating.
Tech entrepreneurs and co-founders of recipe startup and app Kitchenbowl, Waliany and Wu have launched their new app, Fork It, a cooking app where users can check into the app by uploading a photo of what they’ve cooked. These check-ins and photos are shared with their friends to motivate others to cook more. see FORK IT on 16
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